If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her own nose all the time. Josh Billings findhappinesshunt Change image and share on social
I always find the worst lies are told in relationships - I learned to never lie about your happiness in order to save someone's feelings from being hurt. Kirsten Prout badfeelingfind Change image and share on social
There once was a demographic survey done to determine if money was connected to happiness and Ireland was the only place where this did not turn out to be true. Fiona Shaw connectdemographicdetermine Change image and share on social
A woman's heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must be pressed small, like Chinese feet; her happiness is to be made as cakes are, by a fixed recipe. George Eliot cakechinesefix Change image and share on social
The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping . Dale Carnegie applausehappinesskeep Change image and share on social
With compassion you can die for other people, like the mother who can die for her child. You have the courage to say it because you are not afraid of losing anything, because you know that understanding and love is the foundation of happiness. But if you have fear of losing your status, your position, you will not have the courage to do it. Thich Nhat Hanh afraidchildcompassion share on social
What's the use of happiness? It can't buy you money. Henny Youngman buyhappinessmoney Change image and share on social
I visited those friends who'd just had a baby, and she was washing dishes and he was cleaning the house, and I burst with happiness. And in their minds, they were in this terrible domestic rut. Josh Lucas babyburstclean Change image and share on social
My biography of Frank Sinatra is not paean to his music but rather an illumination of the man behind the music, who once described himself as 'an 18-karat manic-depressive who lived a life of violent emotional contradictions with an over-acute capacity for sadness as well as happiness.' Kitty Kelley acutebiographycapacity share on social
It's a really skewed part of our culture that happiness is the end-all be-all. The people that force themselves to be happy all the time often end up being the most broken. Mary Lambert breakcultureend Change image and share on social